Syzygy: a lace knitting stitch pattern

The second word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon last month is Syzygy, suggested by Jacque, a Patreon supporter. Syzygy is a glorious word, three syllables and only using a Y for a vowel in its written form. (The phonological situation is different, of course.) A syzygy is an astronomical phenomenon: three or more astronomical bodies in a straight line in a particular gravitational system. Solar and lunar eclipses are examples of syzygy.

Each month, my Patreon backers have the chance to suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches. I make three of these into knitting stitches each month: the second and third (posted on the first day of the next month) are drawn from the collection of new words; the first is drawn from the collection of unused words. A random number generator helps me choose these, and then I get to work, first turning the letters into numbers, then charting the numbers onto grids in various ways. Finally, when I make the chart into lace, I turn the marked squares into yarnovers and work out where to place the corresponding decreases. (I usually make lace; occasionally I make cables instead.) I also make a chart for any craft that uses a square grid for designing; this goes in a separate post.

The stitch patterns are not meant in any way to look like the original words; the words are the seeds of my creativity.

Notes:

This is a stitch pattern such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. It is not a pattern for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.

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As words go, this is my all time favorite! Not only does it speak to alignment, but, when written in cursive, all letters except the first hang below the line. Plus, there are so many “Ys” in the word. Thank you!

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